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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in elearning technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are considering today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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